Novel supported bimetallic carbide catalysts for coprocessing of coal with waste materials
In this reporting period the authors have continued their investigation of bimetallic nitride and carbide compounds for use in coprocessing of coal and waste plastics or rubber. Following up on their finding of a class of bimetallic nitrides, reported in the last period, they now report on a new family of bimetallic oxycarbides M{sup I}-M{sup II}-O-C (M{sup I} = Mo, W; M{sup II} = V, Nb, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni). They have carried out a preliminary test of the compounds with a model coal liquid feed and find that, in general, these carbides are even more active than the nitrides. They have identified Nb-Mo-O-C as the most promising catalyst, and this catalyst together with Mo{sub 2}C, the most active single-metal carbide are being investigated for the coprocessing reaction. Comparison is made to standard sulfide catalysts. The latter reaction is carried out in batch autoclave systems, so that preliminary tests are first carried out with a simpler five-component feedstock. The feedstock is a multi-component model mixture that simulates the combined feed of coal and waste materials. The idea is to use different compounds that are specific for each reaction type but have no overlapping products. The proposed design involves a 5-component mixture containing: 4-(1-naphthylmethyl)bibenzyl, abbreviated as NMBB, pyrene, tetradecane, dibenzothiophene and quinoline. NMBB simulates the aromatic-aliphatic as well as aliphatic-aliphatic C-C bonds in coal and in some aromatic plastics such as polystyrene. This compound has been used as a probe molecule in previous studies. Pyrene represents polyaromatic structures in coal, while tetradecane is representative of polyethylene-type plastics in chemical reactivity. Dibenzothiophene and quinoline provide sulfur and nitrogen content.
- Research Organization:
- Federal Energy Technology Center Morgantown (FETC-MGN), Morgantown, WV (United States); Federal Energy Technology Center Pittsburgh (FETC-PGH), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG26-97FT97265
- OSTI ID:
- 757265
- Report Number(s):
- DE-FG26-97FT97265-03; TRN: AH200019%%159
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 15 Dec 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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